Residents of Nagsen nagar are annoyed with the Christians making prayers very loudly and for screaming going on in an unauthorized church here. The local residents have also accused the church of trying to convert the poor and downtrodden people under the guise of prayers and making the church available to followers of other religions for conversion of Hindus. The residents have, therefore, started a ‘signature’ campaign and have lodged complaints with the police and municipal commissioner.

Christians have been told to leave Nepal or face dire consequences from the Hindu group that claimed responsibility for the bombing of Assumption Church in Kathmandu in May.

Nepal Defense Army (NDA) “The NDA has been threatening non-Nepalese priests and nuns. It has asked them to leave the country within one month,” the Jesuit bishop told UCA News on July 8.

He said the latest threats were made in the name of NDA chief Ram Prasad Mainali.

NDA comprises former soldiers, former policemen and victims of Maoist guerrillas. It claims to have trained suicide bombers to fight communists, Christians and Muslims and restore Nepal as a Hindu nation.

To feel India’s connect with Kashmir, go to Amarnath

Jagmohan

About Swami Vivekananda’s experience at the holy cave, Sister Nivedita has recorded: "Never had Swami felt such a spiritual exaltation. So saturated had he become with the presence of the great God that for days after he could speak of nothing else. Shiva was all in all; Shiva, the eternal one, the great monk, rapt in meditation, aloof from the world". Later, Swami Vivekananda himself recounted: "I thought the ice-lingam was Shiva Himself. And there were no thievish Brahmins, no trade, nothing wrong. It was all worship. I have never seen anything so beautiful, so inspiring, and enjoyed any religious place so much".

The significance of the pilgrimage, however, does not end at the personal level. It extends to the much larger issue of cultural unity and vision of India from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, from Kathiawar to Kamrup. Its importance as an underlying integrating force needs to be recognised. When some people talk of Kashmir’s relationship with the rest of India only in terms of Article 1 and Article 370 of the Constitution, I am surprised at their ignorance. They do not know that this relationship goes much deeper.

The culprit has not touched the gold ornaments adorning the idol or even the donation box kept in the temple. Police therefore feel that, the only motive of the offenders must be to create communal tension among people.

A Muslim person named Ibrahim deceived a young, married Hindu woman by posing as a Hindu and lured her into a love affair. He then abducted her. When the married woman realised that he was a Muslim, she refused to marry him. The woman was rescued by her father, who is in police department, with the help of a social organisation. (Although the father of the girl is a policeman, he had to seek help of a social organisation to rescue his daughter. This indicates ineffective working of the police department. Why should people provide for such police machinery ? – Editor SP)

“India can become an economic superpower only through Hindutva,” Togadia said at a function organised by Niramay, an NGO for the poor and supported by the VHP.

The service provided by Christian and Muslim community is imperialistic and not on humanitarian grounds while the social service initiative of Hindu organisations is only for public cause, Togadia said.

The VHP leader said there was a misconception that Christian organisations are leading in providing services to the poor, but it is hardly one per cent of that by Hindu organisations.

The VHP wants to make a resolution that would ensure that no poor sleeps without food, dies without medication and remains illiterate due to lack of money, Togadia said.

So, our socialist Government massively subsidizes agriculture - in the form of fuel, fertilizer, seeds, equipment etc. Naturally this will create a distortionary price distribution in the region, which inevitably leads to smuggling.

The same set of people who didn't want terrorism to be politicized are now politicizing India's biggest hooch tragedy - 136 and counting. They are laying it thick and heavy on the Narendra Modi led Gujarat Government. For instance check out this TOI article (opinion piece disguised as news) and this one by the danseuse. However, we will not play politics on this great human tragedy and instead investigate and attempt to find a policy response.

However, it is easy to see that simply ending prohibition will not eliminate the problem - the price differential between the illicit stuff and the lowest priced licensed stuff is still too high.

Similar vandalism has been witnessed at other temples in the State, including the Varadarajaswamy temple in Kancheepuram, the Lakshmi Narasimhar temple at Sevilimedu, and the Sanjeeva Rayar temple at Iyengarkulam, both near Kancheepuram.

Identity of Hindustan is in jeopardy owing to distortion of history. There is a need for all Hindus, pro-Hindu organisations, journalists and TV channels to be vigilant and try to stop such distortion.

The above views were expressed by Smt. Himani Savarkar, the president of Hindu Mahasabha, in a press conference held at ‘Skylark Hotel’. True education is received only by learning history and hence, it is necessary to quash distorted history and put true Indian history before the students. In the name of secularism, the government is constantly throttling Hindus. Time has now come for Hindus to remember the contribution of Swatantryaveer Savarkar, take the government to task and be ready to fight for every right, she said.

The local Muslims hooligans viz. Azgar Memon and Sarfaraz Memon pulled out a saffron flag flying in Dharati lane at Parel. Mr. Anand Salwi, a Shivsainik, who had gone to question them, was stabbed in his stomach.

Hussain Dalawai, the spokesperson of NCP, while ridiculing the historic jump taken by Swatantryaveer Savarkar said, “What is so special in Savarkar's jumping off in water? What has he done for the country?”